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  • Ludics in Surrealist Theatre and Beyondby Vassiliki Rapti

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 99.95

    This study reconsiders Surrealist theatre specifically from the perspective of ludics-a poetics of play and games-an ideal approach to the Surrealists, whose games blur the boundaries between the 'playful' and the 'serious.' Beginning with the Surrealists' 'one-into-another' game and its illustration of Breton's ludic... more...

  • La Mise en Scene Contemporaineby Patrice Pavis

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 45.95

      ?We have good reason to be wary of mise en scène, but that is all the more reason to question this wariness ... it seems that images from a performance come back to haunt us, as if to prolong and transform our experience as spectators, as if to force us to rethink the event, to return to our pleasure or our terror.? ? Patrice Pavis, from the... more...

  • Schriften zur Theater- und Kulturgeschichte des 18. Jahrhundertsby Reinhart Meyer; Matthias J. Pernerstorfer

    Hollitzer Wissenschaftsverlag 2012; US$ 30.18

    Hauptbeschreibung "Bibliographien und Repertorien sind nicht nur Titellisten. Sie liefern Grundlagenmaterial für eine empirisch arbeitende Literarhistorie und Theaterwissenschaft; sie liefern den Rahmen und sichern Vergleichs- und Bezugsmöglichkeiten von Einzeldaten zwar vorerst nur im quantitativen Bereich, aus dem sich aber Folgerungen in qualitativer... more...

  • Herzschmerz im deutschen Fernsehprogramm: Analyse der Telenovela "Alisa - Folge deinem Herzen" (ZDF)by Carina Schmidt

    Diplomica Verlag 2012; US$ 21.56

    Hauptbeschreibung Seit 2004 haben deutsche Telenovelas ihren Weg ins Fernsehen gefunden - mit Erfolg! Seither breiten sie sich in allen Sendern aus: Bianca, Lisa, Sophie, Julia, Lena, Tessa, Alisa, Hanna und all die anderen jungen Frauen, die die weiblichen Hauptcharaktere darstellen, stehen mit ihrem Leben und ihrer Liebe im Mittelpunkt und ziehen... more...

  • 20 Master Plotsby Ronald B. Tobias; Ronald B Tobias

    F+W Media 2011; US$ 16.99

    Give your story a solid foundation?a plot that engages readers from start to finish! The best stories linger in the hearts and minds of readers for decades. These tales gain their power through plots that connect with the audience on both an emotional and intellectual level. Inside Ronald B. Tobias details these 20 time-tested plots. Each is discussed... more...

  • From Yesterday to TODAYby Stephen Battaglio

    Running Press 2011; US$ 30.00

    ?When Dave Garroway welcomed viewers to Today on that day in 1952, he ushered in a new era in broadcasting. . . . It was a place where viewers could turn to each morning to satisfy their appetite for all things news and information. It was a destination for the curious to learn more about what had happened overnight and how the day ahead might shape... more...

  • Avant-Garde Performance and Material Exchangeby Mike Sell

    Palgrave Macmillan 2010; US$ 85.00

    Assembling a remarkable group of scholars, these essays explore how the circulation and exchange of 'vectors of the radical' shape the avant-garde. Mapping the movement of scripts, theatre activists, performances, and other material entities, they provide unprecedented perspectives on the transnational performance culture of the avant-garde. more...

  • The First Five Pagesby Noah Lukeman

    Touchstone 2010; US$ 14.99

    IF YOU'RE TIRED OF REJECTION, THIS IS THE BOOK FOR YOU. Whether you are a novice writer or a veteran who has already had your work published, rejection is often a frustrating reality. Literary agents and editors receive and reject hundreds of manuscripts each month. While it's the job of these publishing professionals to be discriminating, it's... more...

  • Performance Theatre and the Poetics of Failureby Sara Jane Bailes

    Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 39.95

    What does it mean to "fail" in performance? How might staging failure reveal theatre?s potential to expand our understanding of social, political and everyday reality? What can we learn from performances that expose and then celebrate their ability to fail? In Performance Theatre and the Poetics of Failure , Sara Jane Bailes begins with Samuel... more...

  • Tweede levensby Annemarie van Heerikhuizen; Irene de Jong; Manet van Montfrans

    Amsterdam University Press 2010; US$ 52.90

    In Tweede levens belichten zeventien auteurs, voornamelijk historici en letterkundigen, verschillende aspecten van de veelvormige relatie tussen persoon en personage. Een gevarieerd gezelschap van personen uit alle eeuwen en windstreken komen aan bod: kunstenaars als Vergilius, Van Gogh en Ravel; politici als Roosevelt, Stalin en Sarkozy. Ook een enkele... more...